Knee-pad



(No Model.)

J. W. DAVIS & E. C. BROWN. KNEE PAD.

No. 554,776. Patented Peb. 18, 1896.

v NTTED STATES PATENT Omron.

JAMES WALTER DAVIS AND ELIJAH CLARK BROVN, OF WEST, TEXAS.

KN E'E-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.`554,776, dated February18, 1896.

Application led October 25, 1895. Serial No. 566,884. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES WALTER DAVIS and ELIJAH CLARK BROWN, citizensof the United States, residing at West, in the county of McLennan andState of Texas, have invented a new and useful Knee-Pad, of whichconstruction of a device which can be applied to the lower'portion ofthe limb and secured thereto in a positive manner without occasioninginconvenience or causing annoyance to the person wearing the same, andwhich is adjustable within certain limits to adapt it to diiferent-sizedpersons.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will be apparent asthe 4nature of the invention is better understood, and to this end theimprovement consists in certain details and novel combinations of parts,which hereinafter will be more fully set forth, illustrated, andclaimed.

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, although slightchanges in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, andin said drawings` Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device.Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof Fig. 3, a transverse section on theline X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the paddisconnected from its mountings.

Referring to the drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicatecorresponding and like parts in all the iigures, l denotes the padproper, which comprises a metal portion 2 conformed to the knee portionof the limb and a suitable backing 3, of sheep-skin or upholstery of anykind, so as to provide a cushion for the knee, thereby renderingcomparatively easy and comfortable the otherwise irksome task of pickingcotton, berries, Svc. The metal portion 2 excludes darnpness andprotects the knee from injury in the event of a stone, root, or otherunyielding object coming beneath and opposite to the knee. For the sakeof lightness the part 2 is constructed of sheet metal, which is providedin the form of an oblong blank, and which is curved downwardlybetweenits edges, and which has one end slitted and the portionsbordering upon the said slit bent or curved upwardly, so as to extend infront of the knee when the device is in operative relation. The backingor cushion 3 may be secured to the inner or upper side of the metal partin any desired or convenient manner.

Side bars 4C, of wood or other light material, extend in parallelism andare adapted to come upon opposite sides of the limb, and are of such alength as to extend from the ankle to the knee, and their upper ends areformed with slots 5, which receive the fastenings G, by means of whichthe pad is adjustably connected to the said side bars. e

The fastenings 6 are bolts which extend through the side portions of thepad midway of their ends, and which have their threaded extremitiesprojecting through the slots 5 and supplied with binding-nuts 7, bymeans of which the pad is held in the required adjusted position. Thelower ends of the side bars have connected therewith a suitable harnessfor attaching them to the foot of the wearer, and this harness in thepresent instance consists of a heel-strap 8 and a strap 9 for passingbeneath and around the instep of the foot, so as to prevent verticaldisplacement of the device after the latter has been properly adjustedto the limb. Straps or tapes l0 are attached to the sides of the padnear its front or top end and are designed to pass around the limbimmediatelybeneath the knee, so as to complete the attachment of thedevice to the limb.

It is obvious that a person engaged in picking cotton, berries, treatinglow plants, &c., will wear a pad upon each knee, thereby securing thefull benefits ofthe invention. The means employed for connecting the padto the side bars admit of the pad being adjusted longitudinally relativeto the said side bars as well as being turned upon the fastenings ICO toany required angle to suit the ease and convenience of thc personwearing the contrivance.

The device can be worn either in a kneeling or upright position withoutinconveniencing the wearer, and this is one of the salient featurcs andprincipal objects of the invention, as will be readily comprehended fromwhat has been said.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Adevice of the character and for the purpose herein specified,comprisin gside bars, means for securing them to the human limb immediately belowthe knee and to the foot, a linee-pad, and means for adjustablyeonneeting the knee-pad to the said side bars, substantially as and i'orthe purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the character and for the purpose speciied, thecombination of side bars having slots at one end, means for securing theside bars to the human limb, apad, and fastenings operating in the slotsof the side bars to secure the pad to the said side bars in an adjustedposition, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination, side bars having slots at one end, a harness appliedto the opposite end of the side bars for securing them to the foot of aperson, a pad, fastenings operating in the slots of the side bars to adjustabl y connect the pad therewith, and straps attached directly to thepad and adapted to be passed around the limb immediatelyr beneath theknee, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The herein shown and described device for the purpose set forth,comprising akneepad, straps applied to the front end of the pad, sidebars having longitudinal slots at one end, fastenings operating slidablyand tiltingly in the said slots andhaving connection with the sides ofthe pad to connect it in a tilting and sliding position with the sidebars, a heel-strap secured to the opposite ends of the side bars, and afoot-strap to engage with the lower portion and instep of the foot,substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafIiXed oursign`atures in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES IALTER DAVIS. ELIJAII CLARK BROV N.

fitnesses MITTIE MARTIN, A. L. MARTIN.

